Earlier this year, casino magnate Steve Wynn ripped Obama in conference call with shareholders and analysts (Wynn CEO Goes On Epic Anti-Obama Rant On Company Conference Call) saying:
And I'm saying it bluntly, that this administration is the greatest wet blanket to business, and progress and job creation in my lifetime. And I can prove it and I could spend the next 3 hours giving you examples of all of us in this market place that are frightened to death about all the new regulations, our healthcare costs escalate, regulations coming from left and right. A President that seems, that keeps using that word redistribution. Well, my customers and the companies that provide the vitality for the hospitality and restaurant industry, in the United States of America, they are frightened of this administration.And it makes you slow down and not invest your money. Everybody complains about how much money is on the side in America.
It's worth noting that Wynn says he's a Democrat and supported Harry Reid in the last election.
See: You CAN sometimes learn things about companies when you listen to earnings calls. Here is the latest from Steve Wynn's newest conference call ($WYNN).
At 4:05 Wynn says, “Optimism in China and Pessimism in America”. He is referring to his casino business.
But later at 45:06 he reflects on Occupy Wall Street and big government. Among other things, he says (47:07),
I am watching my employees standard of living drop off because of deficits. I think that the American public is beginning to make the connection between deficits and their own loss of the standard…